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A Life and Its Mirrors: A Feminist Reading of L. M. Montgomery’s Fiction / Åhmansson, Gabriella
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A Life and Its Mirrors: A Feminist Reading of L. M. Montgomery’s Fiction
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Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1991
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ISBN 91-554-2673-5
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Preface 7
Part I
Gossip, Gospel or Gothic?
An Introduction to Lucy Maud Montgomery
Chapter 1. Positions 13
Introduction 13
Critical Revision: Phelps vs Waterston 20
Chapter 2. Points of Departure 26
L. M. Montgomery: A Writer’s Background 26
L. M. Montgomery: Her Own Story 28
Biographical Research 33
Chapter 3. Gossip, Gospel or Gothic?
Critical Approaches and Methods 37
Chapter 4. “The Problem of a Canadian Literature”
L. M. Montgomery and the Canadian Literary Tradition 45
Part II
The Story of Anne Shirley-A Journey Away from Self
Introduction to Part II 55
Chapter 5. Anne of Green Gables: A Critical Introduction 57
Montgomery’s “Rear Mirror Journal” and the Writing of Anne of Green Gables 57
Anne of Green Gables: A Critical Review 63
Chapter 6. Anne Shirley 74
The Road to Green Gables 74
The Homecoming 78
Unlearning and Learning: A Reciprocal Process 82
1. Unlearn 82
2. Lying-the ultimate test 97
Lady Anne Cordelia Elaine Shirley and the Elusive World of Romance 101
Chapter 7. Realms of the Mind 115
“Alps on alps arose…": Ambition and Education 115
1. “Why spoil a good mother to make an ordinary grammarian?” 115
2. “A heart full of ambition and zest” 121
Avonlea-A Matriarchal Utopia? 128
1. Male and Female Utopias 128
2. “The Spirit of Place” 137
Chapter 8. Anne’s House of Dreams: Marriage as Heaven and Hell 143
Houses of Dreams 143
Decoding the Text 152
Leslie and the Shadow of Venus-
156
“Plague on all the men…" 159
Lighthouse, Rose and Star-Anne’s House of Dreams and the
Sublime 164
Appendix 1. Books by L. M. Montgomery
A. Books in Alphabetical Order 169
B. Books in Order of Year of Publication 169
Appendix 2. Articles on L. M. Montgomery 171
Works Cited 173
Index 180
Part I
Gossip, Gospel or Gothic?
An Introduction to Lucy Maud Montgomery
Chapter 1. Positions 13
Introduction 13
Critical Revision: Phelps vs Waterston 20
Chapter 2. Points of Departure 26
L. M. Montgomery: A Writer’s Background 26
L. M. Montgomery: Her Own Story 28
Biographical Research 33
Chapter 3. Gossip, Gospel or Gothic?
Critical Approaches and Methods 37
Chapter 4. “The Problem of a Canadian Literature”
L. M. Montgomery and the Canadian Literary Tradition 45
Part II
The Story of Anne Shirley-A Journey Away from Self
Introduction to Part II 55
Chapter 5. Anne of Green Gables: A Critical Introduction 57
Montgomery’s “Rear Mirror Journal” and the Writing of Anne of Green Gables 57
Anne of Green Gables: A Critical Review 63
Chapter 6. Anne Shirley 74
The Road to Green Gables 74
The Homecoming 78
Unlearning and Learning: A Reciprocal Process 82
1. Unlearn 82
2. Lying-the ultimate test 97
Lady Anne Cordelia Elaine Shirley and the Elusive World of Romance 101
Chapter 7. Realms of the Mind 115
“Alps on alps arose…": Ambition and Education 115
1. “Why spoil a good mother to make an ordinary grammarian?” 115
2. “A heart full of ambition and zest” 121
Avonlea-A Matriarchal Utopia? 128
1. Male and Female Utopias 128
2. “The Spirit of Place” 137
Chapter 8. Anne’s House of Dreams: Marriage as Heaven and Hell 143
Houses of Dreams 143
Decoding the Text 152
Leslie and the Shadow of Venus-
156
“Plague on all the men…" 159
Lighthouse, Rose and Star-Anne’s House of Dreams and the
Sublime 164
Appendix 1. Books by L. M. Montgomery
A. Books in Alphabetical Order 169
B. Books in Order of Year of Publication 169
Appendix 2. Articles on L. M. Montgomery 171
Works Cited 173
Index 180